§ Miss. Code § 23-15-401Definitions

The list of candidates used or to be used on the front of the voting machines for a voting
precinct in which a voting machine is used pursuant to law shall be deemed official ballots under
this chapter. The word "ballot" as used in this chapter (except when reference is made to
irregular ballots) means that portion of the cardboard or paper or other material within the ballot
frames containing the name of the candidate and the designation of the party by which he was
nominated, or a statement of a proposed constitutional amendment, or other question or
proposition, with the word "YES" for voting for any question or proposition, and the word "NO"
for voting against any question. The term "question" shall mean any constitutional amendment,
proposition, or other question submitted to the voters at any election. The term "official ballot"
shall mean the printed strips of cardboard containing the names of the candidates nominated and
a statement of the questions submitted. The term "irregular ballot" shall mean a vote cast, by or
on a special device, for a person whose name does not appear on the ballots. The term "voting
machine custodian" shall mean the person who shall have charge of preparing and arranging the
voting machine for elections. The term "protective counter" shall mean a separate counter built
into the voting machine which cannot be reset, which records the total number of movements of
the operating lever. The term "officials in charge of the election" shall mean the state election
commissioners, the county election commissioners, the county executive committee, the
municipal election commissioners, the municipal executive committee, or any other official or
officials empowered by law or who may in the future be empowered by law to hold an election.